application development language
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application development language
[‚ap·lə′kā·shən di′vel·əp·mənt ‚laŋ·gwij] (computer science)
A very-high-level programming language that generates coding in a conventional programming language or provides the user of a data-base management system with a programming language that is easier to implement than conventional programming languages.
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